Description

Haunt of Fear #17 (#3) Gaines File pedigree (EC, 1950) CGC NM
9.4 White pages. The origins of the Crypt of Terror, the Vault
of Horror, and the Haunt of Fear are revealed in this issue
-- it turns out that the GhouLunatics who dwell in those three
horrid habitats captured Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein and forced
them to sign contracts to publish horror stories! This issue was
used in Seduction of The Innocent, and oddly, it wasn't
criticized for any of the crypts or the horror, but because it
"shows the same predilection for non-language expletives familiar
in other comics." Tut-tut, and we really mean that. The issue has a
Johnny Craig cover, with interior art by Craig, Al Feldstein,
Harvey Kurtzman, and Graham Ingels. Note that while CGC has
certified this book as a Gaines File Copy, no certificate
accompanies this lot. Overstreet 2006 NM- 9.2 value = $1,825. CGC
census 5/06: 1 in 9.4, 3 higher.